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Debian Linux 4.0 and prior [Medium]

By Security Team • Mar 31st, 2008 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Debian Linux 4.0 and prior [Medium]

Description

policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-1569
Severity: Medium

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: debian_linux
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